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London sees in 2012 with fireworks at the London Eye

Thousands of people lined the banks of the Thames on Saturday night to watch a spectacular fireworks display to mark the start of London's Olympic year.

Tweets on 1 January 2012

@PaulLomax Can't help thinking that people would also complain if London's Olympic year had started with a whimper, though

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@PaulLomax I suspect @LondonAssembly members will table a few questions. Though for once probably not worth carping as it was a good show

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@PaulLomax It's possible. The £1.9m allocation was signed off in September http://t.co/kPZqLY4O but I've not heard anything subsequent

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Should be noted that the stewarding, logistics etc costs much more than the pyrotechnics

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Just noticed 100s of people have arrived at SE1 site today after searching for the cost of the fireworks. Answer: £1.9m http://t.co/Vtyz5pH5

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Dresscodes for Postcodes http://t.co/JUEukSfz

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This South Bank -> Bankside -> Bermondsey guided walk is more thoughtful and interesting than most: http://t.co/EzhTrl5z

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Official BBC video of last night's fireworks http://t.co/46GfbQd9

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Just published - London sees in 2012 with fireworks at the London Eye - photos http://t.co/bfEy1MDZ

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RT @waterloobrdg: Keep the bloody noise down!

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Fireworks v impressive - much better than the last couple of years

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Happy New Year, everyone

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